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June 26, 2026

May: something for everybody

Davy Hite

It’s May. Let’s go fishing. Anybody have any questions?
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Jeremy Burnham ties a handful of basic rigs for dolphin(above) and wahoo, rigs that should help you increase your offshore fishing success.

Offshore-rigging tips can improve catches

Jeff Dennis

Getting rigged the right way for offshore trolling season takes some experience. […]

Jon Smith (left) and Jarrett Freeze won the Feb. 27 Yadkin Team Tournament event at Badin Lake.

Cherry, Lineberger win in Ledbetter

Tony Garitta

Hank Cherry of Maiden and Shane Lineberger of Lincolnton topped a field of 189 teams in the March 14 Jim Ledbetter Memorial Team Bass Tournament at Lake Norman, a tournament that raises money for The V Foundation for Cancer Research. […]

Concerns over out-of-state menhaden boats fishing in North Carolina waters have led the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries to clarify rules, but that didn’t satisfy some fishermen.

Pogey wars: Who wins?

Jerry Dilsaver

Bunker, fatback, shad, pogey or their proper name, menhaden — whatever you call them, they are one of the main forage fish in coastal and nearshore ocean fisheries from Nova Scotia to Mexico. […]

Small automatic chargers like this Deltran Battery Tender can keep almost any sized starting battery ready to go, and pulse chargers like this one from PulseTech can prevent plate sulfation and condition your deep cycle or starting batteries while they keep them hot.

Is your inattention killing your battery?

Allan Tarvid

My truck pulls a travel trailer or a boat much of the year, but there are weeks when it just sits in the garage. […]

Bright-colored baits are a plus in the spring, when you’re trying to make bass bite out of anger as much as out of hunger.

April bass: you can ‘bank’ on them

David Fritts

Because I love to catch bass in deep water, away from the bank, April is a tough month for me. It’s simple: almost all the fish will be shallow this month, no matter where you fish in North Carolina. […]

Scott Hamrick (pictured) and Roger Hoover shared $2,000 for winning won the Norman Winter Team Bass Trail Championship.

Warriors on Water back for 4th year

Tony Garitta

In 2005, three Desert Storm veterans, Hal Abshire, Bob Cunningham, and Greg Lahr, thought of a way of honoring military personnel who had served their country. […]